On Wednesday we went to the Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College to watch a live performance of “My Father’s Dragon” based on the book of the same name by Ruth Stiles Gannett. A classic of children’s literature, the…
We started off the week celebrating Halloween with our annual party. Lots of snacks, games, and fun was had by all. The kids filled their bags with treats during our trick or treat walk. Many thanks to all the families…
This week we visited Theatre for Young America at Union Station to watch a live performance of “Click Clack Boo,” the Halloween book from the beloved series by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin. Farmer Brown is afraid of Halloween, so…
We had a busy and fun game club this month, with a variety of games played by the kids. The newest games: Celestia – You board an aircraft with a team of adventurers to perform many trips through the cities…
On Wednesday, we headed to the Kauffman Center for the KC Symphony‘s fall performance titled “Out of This World!” The program was focused on music that represented space, stars, planets, and clouds. The performance began with Also Sprach Zarathrusta, better…
guest post by C. A. We had beautiful weather for our fall field trip to Johnson Farms! At the start of the tour, the guide talked to us about the different vegetables and squash grown at the farm and which…
This week we explored Kansas history using another history trunk available from the Kansas State Historical Society called “Uses of the Buffalo.” This trunk focused on how native people in Kansas used the buffalo for food, clothing, shelter and tools.…
For our October Lego Club meeting, we began with mini builds focused on October themes such as Halloween, pumpkins, apples, pizza, pasta, cookies, popcorn, pretzels, dinosaurs, great books, rainforests, and Mad Hatter Day. From there, we moved on to a…
This week we attended the live performance of “We Shall Not Be Moved” at Coterie Theatre in Crown Center. This show is about the student sit-ins in 1960 at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. This moving and…
This week we visited Ernie Miller Nature Center for their Build a Tipi program. This is a very popular program at the nature center, and we were excited to get hands on with the tipi supplies. The program started with…
